Table 120. | Percent of students at or above selected history proficiency levels, by selected characteristics and grade level: 2001 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Percentage of 4th-graders | Percentage of 8th-graders | Percentage of 12th-graders |___________________________________|___________________________________|____________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Selected |Below |At or |At or | |Below |At or |At or | |Below |At or |At or | characteristics |basic |above |above |At |basic |above |above |At |basic |above |above |At of students | |basic |profi- |advanced| |basic |profi- |advanced| |basic |profi- |advanced | | |cient | | | |cient | | | |cient | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________ All students ..........|33 (1.1)|67 (1.1)|18 (1.0)| 2 (0.5)|36 (0.9)|64 (0.9)|17 (0.8)| 2 (0.3)|57 (1.2)|43 (1.2)|11 (0.9)| 1 (0.4) |________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________ Sex | | | | | | | | | | | | Male .................|34 (1.3)|66 (1.3)|19 (1.2)| 2 (0.7)|35 (1.1)|65 (1.1)|18 (1.0)| 2 (0.3)|55 (1.6)|45 (1.6)|12 (1.1)| 1 (0.5) Female ...............|32 (1.4)|68 (1.4)|17 (1.1)| 2 (0.4)|37 (1.2)|63 (1.2)|15 (0.8)| 1 (0.4)|59 (1.3)|41 (1.3)|10 (0.9)| 1 (0.3) | | | | | | | | | | | | Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | | | White, non-Hispanic ..|21 (1.3)|79 (1.3)|24 (1.4)| 3 (0.7)|25 (1.0)|75 (1.0)|21 (1.1)| 2 (0.4)|51 (1.4)|49 (1.4)|13 (1.0)| 1 (0.4) Black, non-Hispanic ..|56 (2.1)|44 (2.1)| 6 (1.0)| # (0.3)|62 (2.4)|38 (2.4)| 4 (0.8)| # --- |80 (1.5)|20 (1.5)| 3 (0.6)| # --- Hispanic .............|58 (3.0)|42 (3.0)| 7 (1.1)| 1 (0.3)|60 (1.7)|40 (1.7)| 5 (0.7)| # (0.2)|74 (2.4)|26 (2.4)| 5 (1.1)| # --- Asian/Pacific Islander|29 (3.8)|71 (3.8)|19 (3.2)| 3 (1.9)|32 (3.8)|68 (3.8)|20 (3.6)| 2 (0.8)|47 (5.1)|53 (5.1)|21 (6.0)| 5 (2.3) American Indian/ | | | | | | | | | | | | Alaska Native ......|47 (6.4)|53 (6.4)|12 (4.6)| 4 --- |50 (7.1)|50 (7.1)| 8 (3.5)| 1 --- |66 (7.2)|34 --- | 1 --- | # --- | | | | | | | | | | | | Region | | | | | | | | | | | | Northeast ............|27 (3.1)|73 (3.1)|23 (2.9)| 3 (1.1)|28 (2.2)|72 (2.2)|22 (2.1)| 2 (0.8)|55 (3.8)|45 (3.8)|13 (3.2)| 2 --- Southeast ............|34 (2.7)|66 (2.7)|16 (2.2)| 2 (1.2)|38 (2.3)|62 (2.3)|16 (1.3)| 2 (0.4)|61 (2.3)|39 (2.3)|10 (1.3)| 1 (0.3) Central ..............|25 (2.3)|75 (2.3)|24 (2.4)| 3 (1.1)|29 (2.2)|71 (2.2)|19 (1.5)| 2 (0.5)|54 (2.2)|46 (2.2)|11 (1.3)| 1 (0.4) West .................|41 (2.5)|59 (2.5)|13 (1.2)| 1 (0.4)|45 (1.7)|55 (1.7)|12 (1.3)| 1 (0.2)|58 (2.2)|42 (2.2)|11 (1.5)| 1 (0.4) | | | | | | | | | | | | Parents' level of | | | | | | | | | | | | education | | | | | | | | | | | | Not high school | | | | | | | | | | | | graduate ............|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |59 (3.3)|41 (3.3)| 3 (1.8)| # --- |80 (2.1)|20 (2.1)| 2 (0.7)| # --- Graduated high school |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |48 (1.7)|52 (1.7)| 7 (1.0)| # --- |74 (1.3)|26 (1.3)| 4 (0.8)| # (0.1) Some college .........|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |30 (1.3)|70 (1.3)|14 (1.3)| 1(0.3)|61 (1.3)|39 (1.3)| 8 (0.7)| 1 (0.2) Graduated college ....|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |22 (1.0)|78 (1.0)|27 (1.1)| 3(0.5)|42 (1.5)|58 (1.5)|18 (1.5)| 2 (0.8) | | | | | | | | | | | | Free/reduced price lunch| | | | | | | | | | | | eligibility | | | | | | | | | | | | Eligible..............|53 (1.7)|47 (1.7)| 6 (0.8)| 1 (0.2)|59 (1.4)|41 (1.4)| 6 (0.7)| # (0.2)|77 (1.8)|23 (1.8)| 3 (0.7)| # --- Not eligible..........|21 (1.7)|79 (1.7)|25 (1.6)| 3 (0.8)|27 (1.2)|73 (1.2)|20 (1.2)| 2(0.3)|55 (1.5)|45 (1.5)|11 (1.1)| 1 (0.6) Not available.........|25 (2.8)|75 (2.8)|24 (2.9)| 3 (1.1)|30 (2.4)|70 (2.4)|22 (2.1)| 3(0.6)|47 (2.9)|53 (2.9)|17 (2.3)| 2 (0.6) ________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________ |
---Not available # Rounds to 0. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), The Nation's Report Card: U.S. History 2001. (This table was prepared May 2002.) |